ELECTORAL NOTES Contested Bolton West February 1974 general election. Member for Bolton West October 1974-83, contested Bolton North East 1983 general election. Member for Dewsbury since June 1987
SPOKESMAN Opposition Frontbench Spokesperson for:
Education 1979-81,
Housing 1981-83,
Home Office 1987-88,
Environment 1988-92;
Citizen's Charter 1994-95
WHIP Government Whip 1977-79; Government Chief Whip 1998-2001
PARLIAMENTARY CAREER PPS:
to Fred Mulley as Secretary of State for Education and Science 1975-76,
as Secretary of State for Defence 1976-77;
Shadow Secretary of State for Education 1992-94;
Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1994-95;
Shadow Leader of the House 1994-97;
President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons 1997-98
CURRENT POSTS Member Select Committee on Parliamentary Privilege (Joint Committee)
1997-
SELECT COMMITTEES Member: Standards and Privileges 1995-97
Chair: Modernisation of the House of Commons 1997-98,
Member: Parliamentary Privilege (Joint Committee) 1997-2000
BACKBENCH COMMITTEES Member, Labour Party Departmental Committee for Parliamentary Affairs
1997-2001
